Federal Judge Halts Sysco-US Foods Merger Judge sides with FTC on antitrust challenge to merger of food distributors A federal judge ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and blocked a merger between Sysco and US Foods on antitrust grounds. WSJ’s Brent Kendall joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP By Brent Kendall…

R-CALF USA friends and others, I will tell you personally that if they strip COOL, I will NOT pay another dime into the BEEF CHECKOFF! They can kiss my ass and lets all go to court! I am not paying for the demise of the U.S. cattle industry at the hands of the NCBA controlled…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2015 Contact: Dave Ray, 202-368-7872 dray NFU Applauds Sen. Stabenow for Working Towards a Solution on COOL WASHINGTON (June 24, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson applauded Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow (D) for her efforts to advance the stalemate on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) with the…

Can the U.S. Become Voluntarily COOL? Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts and his committee’s ranking member, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, head into a hearing Thursday clearly divided on the issue of country-of-origin labeling for meat. Roberts is pushing for full repeal of the labels while Stabenow is pitching a voluntary approach to the problem. Roberts’…

R-CALF USA Rejects Senate Proposal to Convert Mandatory COOL to a Voluntary Program Billings, Mont. – Today, R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard issued the following statement in response to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) introduction of legislation that would repeal mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) for muscle cuts of beef and pork and put…

Farm Animal Welfare Council: Some pain and distress in livestock production are unavoidable but should be minimized In its report, “Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present, and Future” (http://tinyurl.com/njpmacf), the Farm Animal Welfare Council sought to move the discussion of animal welfare beyond the Five Freedoms referenced by Walmart in its recent announcement…

Billings, Mont. – On Tuesday, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) formally triggered an arbitration process with Canada regarding country of origin labeling (COOL) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The purpose of the arbitration process is to determine the level of damages, if any, that Canada incurred as a result of the United States’…

Hello All, R-CALF USA members who have been calling their Senators to continue urging them to take NO action to repeal or weaken COOL have been told that the National Farmers Union is now urging the Senate to support a bill that will repeal mandatory COOL for beef and pork and then make the labeling…

by Gilles Stockton, Grass Range, MT Will Rogers is credited with first saying “we have the best Congress that money can buy.” I wish he hadn’t, that way it could have been me. The House vote to repeal Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) shows just who 69% of the Representatives work for, and here is…

Howdy, NFU President Johnson and myself are quoted in the article on COOL below. The House vote on COOL-thanks to Representatives Smith and Ashford puts labeling of all foods, not just beef and pork, on the chopping block. The bottom line on this issue is that our own Congress is willing to ignore the overwhelming…